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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, M. F. GIBBS, of Livonia, in the county of Livingston, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Feneesfy and I do hereby deelarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure I 1s a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of' the bed-plate showing the manner of' pivoting the foot of the end battens into it.

Like letters indicate like parts in both figures.

This invention consists in providing a lateral support to the sections of a portable fence, consisting of a bed-plate or bar, te one end of which a brace is attaehed,vwhich connects at the top with the end battens of the lengths or sections in such a manner that cach alternate section or panel may be swung around and used as a gate, if desired, by simply removing a locking-pin at the top.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

I make the transverse bar B of any suitable size, and work a tenen on one end tofenter the mortise in the end ofthe oblique brace A; I thenbore a hole through the centre of it to receive the tenen a, tig. 2, formed on the lower end of the hatten C. The upper end of this batten is also tenoned to enter the open mortise inthe upper end of the brace A. The bar B is notched at to receive the lower edge ot the panel or section D, the batten E of which also has a tenen, e, at the top. The sections D and F may be made the same as for ordinary portable fences. There may be one or more battons placed between the end battens E and C, if desired. In setting up the fence there may be a block or stone placed under each end of the bar B te raise it slightly from the ground, and when the sections D and F and the brace A are placed in position, as shown in fig. 1, they are iirmlyrlocked together by means of the pinsf and g. There may be a pin put through the tenen e of the betten C, if desired. By taking out the pinj' from the brace at each end ef any section, that section may be removed from the line; or, byonly making the hatten at one end of any length or section to enter the bar B, and providing a separate key or pin todrop into the hole in the bar at the other end, and on the opposite side of the sections from the brace, that section could be used as a gate by simply removing the pinj` at that end, and the said clamping-key, which would permit that end to be swung aroundsimilar to any gate. This style of fence may be used along a hillside by using longer braces.

What I claim as my invention, and desire Vto secure by Letters Patent, is

Locking the two vertical stakes or bars C and E together' at the bottom by means of'pins e, or their equivalents, entering the bed-plate D, and at the top by passing the ends e through a suitable mortise in the diagonal brace A, the foot of that being similarly locked to the bed D, as and for the purposes set forth.

MANSON F. GIBBS.

Witnesses:

ALMON A. Herr M. E. I-Ior'r. 

